Baltic States

Three small countries with medieval old towns.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo · CC BY 2.0

Countries

Estonia

A fairy-tale medieval capital and digital nation.

Latvia

Art Nouveau and Baltic beaches.

Lithuania

Baroque Vilnius and the Curonian Spit.

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Cities · UNESCO

Tallinn

Estonia

One of Europe's best-preserved medieval old towns.

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Nature · Forests

Lahemaa and Tartu

Estonia

Bogs and manor houses, and an old university city.

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Cities · Universities

Tartu

Estonia

Estonia's old university town.

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Beaches · Islands

Saaremaa

Estonia

Windmills, a meteor crater, and a fine bishop's castle.

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Riga

Latvia

The world's greatest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings, and a huge market.

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Nature · Castles

Sigulda and Gauja

Latvia

Castles and sandstone cliffs.

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Heritage · Palaces

Rundāle Palace

Latvia

A baroque palace in the countryside.

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Beaches · Beaches

Jūrmala

Latvia

Wooden villas on a long Baltic beach.

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Vilnius

Lithuania

A baroque old town with an artists' republic, Užupis.

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Nature · UNESCO

Curonian Spit

Lithuania

A long sandy strip of dunes.

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Heritage · Castles

Trakai Castle

Lithuania

A red-brick castle on a lake.

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Spiritual · Pilgrimage

Hill of Crosses

Lithuania

Hundreds of thousands of crosses on a small hill.

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On the Map

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